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I’ve been listening to Pharrell Williams’ “Come Get It Bae” all week. I first heard the song in association with an Instagram video from Urban Dance Camp. Koharu Sugawara choreographed a number and featured Yuki Shibuya in it and I’ve watched their video so many times I’ve lost count. Pharrell’s video opens with the words “Beauty has no expiration date” on the screen. It consists diverse women dancing to the song. The song itself isn’t really all that special, but I have a lot of positive associations with how much fun all these lady’s look like they have dancing in these videos. It reminds me that beauty doesn’t have to conform to a standard set by other people. Write a scene that explores many types of beauty.

Camila Cabello’s “Havana” gets stuck in my head on a regular basis these days. Not only is it a catchy pop song with a hilarious music video but it’s also a great fantasy story idea. The idea that your heart is in another place metaphorically is good writing material no matter your genre though. Write a scene about a character that longs to be somewhere else. Is it somewhere that they’ve been before and now miss? Or is it somewhere they’ve always wanted to travel. For those in the fantasy realm of writing, I’m sure you can come up with all sorts of things to do with taking a character’s heart to another place literally too.

My friend got obsessed with Dua Lipa recently. Her most popular song “New Rules” has a great story music video. Check it out and then write a scene about characters that don’t want to fall back into old patterns. What do your characters do to achieve this goal? Do they make rules for themselves like Dua Lipa? (PS favorite part of this video is that it opens and closes on images of flamingos and I like to pretend that the whole video was the flamingos’ dream.)

I decided to start the year off on a random note so I hit the shuffle on my music and am basing today’s prompt on the first song to play. That song happened to be Boogie Feet off Kesha’s album Rainbow. This is one of my favorite song off the album because it captures the need for a little silly fun from time to time. My favorite line is “the body needs a good shaking, let the brain fill up with the good vibrations.” I think it’s true that there is joy in moving. It doesn’t have to be dancing necessarily. Write a scene about your character finding joy in movement, whether it is dancing or running or boxing or something else entirely.

“The Monster Mash” is one of my favorite Halloween Songs! It is completely corny but it never fails to make me smile. All the classic monsters get mentioned in the lyrics. Do you have a favorite among the monsters mentioned in the song? Write a scene that makes mention of your favorite classic monster from “the Monster Mash.” Whether it is an actual appearance by that creature or just a casual mention by one of your characters, find a way to get your monster in there.

Happy First Week of Halloween BTs! I thought it would be fun to theme this month’s fiction posts towards Halloween since it is neck and neck with Christmas for my favorite holiday. Today I’ve found a remixed version of a Halloween classic “Spooky Scary Skeletons.” I legitimately would dance to this in a club. It makes me happy. Inspired by this song write a scene that features a skeleton in some way. Is it a human skeleton? Who was it? What happened to them?

On of my favorite bands, Patent Pending release a mash-up of Wasted by Tiësto and Wake Me Up by Avicii. Both are excellent songs, and Patent Pending has brought them together in a fun video. I’ve always loved the idea of having a room just for wrecking stuff; it seems like a good combination of fun and therapeutic. Check out the video of their mash-up and then write a scene where your character takes to smashing some things up. Does your character leave the room a total mess like in the video? Who has to clean it up later? What happens after your character smashes everything up?

Any of you that is a Ke$ha fan knows what she’s been going through and why she hasn’t been able to put out music. But it would seem that she has finally made her way back to making new songs. Her new single “Praying” is out, as is the official video for it. I’ve already pre-ordered her new album and can’t wait to see what she’s got in store for us. This single though definitely has a “rising from the ruins” feeling to it. Take inspiration from the feeling of this song and write a scene where your character getting back up after struggling for a period.

I think I just found my summer song for this year! I’m obsessed with “Worlds on Fire” by Zerbin. Okay so technically it is from two years ago, but my friend showed it to me just a few days ago. It has that perfect feeling of youthful abandon to its lyrics. Write a scene that captures that perfect feeling of summer. This scene should happen in a time when your character was young and hopeful and just a little too reckless with too much time on her hands.

I’ve been feeling like “Under Pressure” by Queen featuring David Bowie has extremely relatable lately. We all face different pressures in life. It isn’t fair to compare the amount of pressure that you handle to the pressure of others. You have to take on the amount you can without it hurting you. Write a scene about your character feeling like she has reached the limit of how much pressure she can handle in her life.